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50 Most Rewatchable Movie Scenes - 25. Kill Bill Volume 1 - The Crazy 88 Sword Jubilee

YouTube - The Bride vs The Crazy 88 Fight Is it two movies or is it one? Will volume 3 ever come out? However you feel about Kill Bill and Quentin Tarantino, this is one of the finest fight scenes to come out. They had to make a part of it black and white to avoid the NC-17. The lead fighter was the actual trainer. Feels like they couldn't top the scene when Black Mamba finally faces off against O-Ren. O-Ren has quite the backstory build up, QT even adds more to her backstory in the new The Whole Bloody Affair version. But for whatever reasons, she doesn't put up much of a fight to conclude V1. Everything prior to it though is revenge city. My last Tarantino movie scene on this list. I often have a hard time ranking his filmography. It changes daily. At times I think Reservoir Dogs is my favorite, sometimes it's Django, sometimes it's Inglourious, sometimes it's Pulp. Kill Bill would round out my top five but probably closer to top three. Part 2 is weaker than part ...
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50 Most Rewatchable Movie Scenes - 26. Whiplash - A Caravan of Pain

YouTube - Caravan Ending Whiplash: A Caravan of Pain, it's a psychological terror of a movie wrapped in drumming. This is J.K. Simmons best character. He's like a dad you really want to please, but you never will. The Inception ending (will the top stop spinning, is it wobbling?) comes down to this smile that Simmons gives. It's either the same fake front he gives this entire scene or it's genuine which is a creepy thing. The Miles Teller vs J.K. Simmons scenes are all rewatchable on their own, but Caravan is extra awesome. "Not quite my tempo" might be the most famous line from the movie. YouTube - Not Quite My Tempo I'm not sold the success of this movie has much to do with Teller specifically due to how well the short film also went. YouTube - Whiplash Short Film And finally, the second scene between the two. Andrew Neimann learns a very painful lesson about going too fast. YouTube - Rushing or Dragging

50 Most Rewatchable Movie Scenes - 27. There Will Be Blood - Daniel Plainview's MILKSHAKE MASSACRE

YouTube - I Drink Your Milkshake! This Daniel Planview character played by Daniel Day-Lewis is someone I could watch for hours. I don't have much more insight at the moment so here are some quotes from this beautifully written and acted rewatchable scene. I've Abandoned My Child! I say this anytime I have to walk away from the baby.  They should have put you in a glass jar on the mantlepiece. Where were you when Paul was suckling on your mom? Drainage! I am a false prophet, God is a superstition.  This is what pissed off Daniel so much in the first place. Out devil, out sin! YouTube - Baptism This scene is pretty good, shortly before he finds out his brother was a con. YouTube - I Have a Competition in Me I don't want to talk about those things. I'm finished!

50 Most Rewatchable Movie Scenes - 28. 8 Mile - I Will Walk My White Ass Back Across Thee

YouTube - Ending Rap Battles If I had to give 8 Mile a fun to drag ratio, it would probably be 15/85. But the 15% is purely wonderful. Whether it's the music, impromptu rap, or general laugh, there's a lot to get out of 8 Mile. It would have been neat to see him make it at the end, but it doesn't really affect anything. The 85% is either a shouting match, anger issues, people hate their work or watching people freeze.  Marshal B-Rabbit Eminem Mathers has to get through The Falcon, Dr. Father, but first he has to beat his 2 Evil Exes. A rapper with a ice cream cone name is defeated by getting mooned by our hero. Next a man in a white tee is dealt with due to a crowd vote, the least accurate kind of vote. Then to everyone's dismay Dr. Father Falcon The chokes after MBREM whips out his new single. There's no other scene that comes close in this movie. But for fun here are links to the other battles: YouTube - About Damn Time and YouTube - X to the Z Hates Lunchtime

50 Most Rewatchable Movie Scenes - 29. Scream - Everybody's a Suspect!

YouTube - Scream Ending 1 YouTube - Scream Ending 2 Few horror movies are as endlessly rewatchable, clever, and entertaining as Scream. From its unforgettable opening to its sharp humor, Scream remains one of the most entertaining horror movies ever made. Wes Craven came out with something so original and fresh, there's been six sequels, plus countless copies, spinoffs and parodies. The idea of two killers never crossed anyone's mind in 1996. While the heroes and heroine survive the movie and continue on to all the sequels, it's the villains that are the most interesting and best part of this movie. I haven't saw Scream 7 yet, I know we have had references to Billy being a father, but Stu has been mostly quiet up until 7. I re-watch the ending the most of anything, both characters are out of their minds, chewing up scenery, torturing Sidney. What might beat this as most rewatchable is the scene (with Stu of course) in the video store with Jamie Kennedy. YouTube - Everyb...

50 Most Rewatchable Movie Scenes - 30. The Naked Gun - It's Enrico Palazzo!

YouTube - It's Enrico Palazzo Honestly everything from the Baseball scene forward in The Naked Gun is pure gold. Most of the movie is fantastic, but this ending ramps it up. Nothing is funnier than the call back to the national anthem.  Now the true most rewatchable scene is the montage I Love LA. From the vacuuming of home plate to spotlight signals, it's a great couple minutes.  YouTube - I Love It The Baseball bloopers are a good bit of comedy for a 45 second thing. YouTube - Baseball Bloopers Second place would go to when Drebin has to prevent the seventh inning stretch from happening as that was when the assassination was going to take place. YouTube - He Was Safe Haven't watched the new one yet. I will, just haven't gotten to it. Mild expectations and nothing will be as good as the ending of this movie. I did like the two sequels, good jokes in both of them. I think the first one is the best though. 

50 Most Rewatchable Movie Scenes - 31. Pulp Fiction - The Path of the Righteous Man

YouTube - Tasty Burger! Books have been written on Pulp Fiction. Many a podcast has been spoken. Quentin Tarantino is still kind of working on his craft here in 1994. Even if it's not your favorite QT film, and for me it depends on the day which is my favorite, it would be hard to argue it's anywhere near the bottom of his filmography. We have had 30+ years of digesting this mostly glorious piece of work. What's in the suitcase? The random scene order. You can see the way he works the burger in, quite unsettling, like the previous Hans Landa scene from #38.  Pulp has more rewatchable scenes than The Departed, but that didn't make it easy to pick one. I could have gone with the Wolf scene, which feels like a short film unto itself. YouTube - Winston Wolf I could have gone with the ending, which ends up being a Samuel Jackson monologue. "I hate to shatter your ego but this ain't the first time I've had a gun pointed at me" YouTube - Ending Diner Scene “T...